Noncommunicable Diseases in the Developing World

Thursday, October 25, 2012
Speaker
Thomas J. Bollyky

Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development, Council on Foreign Relations

Moderators
Irina A. Faskianos

Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations

Global Health Program

Thomas Bollyky, CFR's senior fellow for global health, economics, and development, leads a discussion on the rise of noncommunicable diseases in the developing world, attitudes towards them, and solutions for addressing them, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.

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